Loop loom-picker



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` Patented Feb. 24,1920.'

@mbox ,the accompanying drawings;

WASHINGTON IRVING BULLRD, OF KILLINGLX, CONNECTICUT. y

Loor Loom-PICKER.

To' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON I. BUL- LARD, a citizen of the United States, residing f v at Killingly, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful lImprovements in Loop Loom-Pickers, of which the following is a' specification, reference being had'therein to This invention relates to a loop -loompicker, and has `for its object the construction of a loop device in `which the collar is of uniform thickness, and the upper and lower ends trimmed the same so that the loom-picker or loop device may be reversible, whereby it may 4be used on either end of the loom, thus avoiding the manufacture of what is known to the trade as rights and lefts, and making it unnecessary in any way to mark which is the top of the device or which is the right device and which is the left device or picker.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a device in which the fabric part that iirst comes in contact with the shuttle is provided with raw hide under it, and then under the raw hide is leather, thus forming the head or cushion which is to stop the shuttle; this construction of a device will give vthe greatest wearing and resisting power to the loom-picker because it so distributes the shock from the shuttle that it does not shatter and break said loompicker.

With these and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the y appended claims.

In the drawings, i

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my de-v vice mounted upon a picker stick, while Fig. 2is a section taken on line 2-2, Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device mounted upon a picker stick.

Fig. 4. is a perspective view of another embodiment of the loom-picker or device.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the picker stick upon which is mounted my improveddevice. y

My loom-picker or device comprises a co1- lar 2 formed of a plurality of layers of fabric, preferably canvas, wrapped one upon Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteretgzel. 1920.

Application filed May 31, 1919. Serial No. 300,878.

the other, and glued together. In one end 'i of the collar 2 is formed a cushion, which cushion comprises parallel strips 3 of leather or canvas which give a certain amount of .elastic or giving qualities to the device',

these parallel strips 3 are arranged in para1- lelism to the line of movement of the shuttle as it strikes the picker. i

In the preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 2, a raw hide strip 4 is placed around the outside of the strips 3 and between `their inner ends and against the face portion 5 of the collar 2. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the raw hide strip 4a is placed onlyT across the front ends of the strips 3, and is not brought around the sides as in the embodiment shown in Fig. 2. v

After the cushion, constituted by strips 3 and raw hide strip 4 or 4a, has been secured within the collar 2, a wrapper 6 is placed upon the cushioned end of the device (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) and this wrapper 6 is formed by a strip 0f material such as canvas tightly wrapped around the forward end of the device and secured in place by glue or adhesive material, securely fastening the cushion within the collar 2. However, to increase the life of the device and its efficiency, I employ preferably two rivets 7 which are positioned near the edgesof the collar so that the socket 8, for receiving the end of the shuttle, will loe formed between the two rivets as shown in Fig. 3.

Substantiall one-half of the collar is left open as at 9, through which the` picker stick 1 extends, positioning the device thereon.

The ends 10 (Fig. 3) of the collar are cut or beveled on an incline, making these upis a marked advantage over the devices that call for special printmg'on the device to indicate its proper placement, and resulting in a marked saving of time by its easy positioning upon the picker stick of a loom.

The rivets 7 further strengthen the device at each side of the point 8 of contact of the shuttle with the picker device, and said riv'- ets are to Strengthen the cushion so that the picker cannot split it or penetrate into the cushion too rapidly. It is to be understood that. the wrapping or binder 6 is placed around the head. and cushion of the picker device and tends to hold the entire structure together and greatly strengthen it. It is understood that when the blow is struck by the picker, the shuttle fits partly into the socket 8, which socket'is bored or cut in .the canvas layers constituting the collar 2.

What I claim is:

1. In adevice of the class described, the combination of a collar comprising layers of canvas' glued together, a plurality of vertically-positioned` parallel strips within said Collar, a raw hide strip extending across the outer edges of said parallel strips and'positioned between the parallel strips and an end of the collar, said raw hide strip extending between the sides of the parallel strips and the collar, said collar provided with a shuttle-receiving socket in the end engaged by the raw hide strip, a wrapper placed around the collar and surrounding the parallel strips and the raw hide strip, and metallic fastening means extending through lthe collar, wrapper, and strips near the outer edges ofthe collar.

2. Iny a device of the class described, the combination of a collar comprising layers of canvas glued together, a plurality of ver tiCally-positioned parallel strips within said collar, a raw hide strip extendine` across the edges of said parallel strips anda positioned between the parallel strips and one end of the collar, a wrapper placed around the collar and surroundingthe parallel strips and-l the raw hide strip, and fastening means extending through the wrapper, collar and strips near the outer edges of the collar.

In testimony whereofl I hereunto affix my signature.

WASHINGTON IRVING BULLRI). 

